Posts Tagged: NPR

July 12, 2011

On Writing: Amy Stewart and Paul Collins

On Writing: Amy Stewart and Paul Collins

Amy Stewart and Paul Collins talk belles-lettres, the art of nonfiction, e-publishing, colonial mixed drinks, and cramming for your own interviews. Amy Stewart is the acclaimed author of Wicked Plants, Wicked Bugs, …

June 30, 2011

What We’re Reading: <i>The Red Market</i> by Scott Carney

What We’re Reading: The Red Market by Scott Carney

I’ve been on a weird reading kick lately. When not reading manuscripts for work or new issues of Us Weekly (a top priority every Thursday evening), I’m usually immersed in a hot …

June 21, 2011

On Writing: Alexander Chee and Tayari Jones

On Writing: Alexander Chee and Tayari Jones

Alexander Chee, the author of Edinburgh, talks with Tayari Jones about her new novel Silver Sparrow.   I first met Tayari Jones at the MacDowell Colony in 2007. It was summer, and …

June 2, 2011

<i>What You See in the Dark</i> Giveaway!

What You See in the Dark Giveaway!

We’re giving away five copies of Manuel Muñoz’s new novel What You See in the Dark and five gorgeous broadsides created by Ander Monson, the multi-talented author of Vanishing Point and Other …

May 24, 2011

Publication Day: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

Publication Day: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

With the opening line of “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,” Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man’s deception, a family’s complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the …

May 3, 2011

Publication Day: <i>Wicked Bugs</i>

Publication Day: Wicked Bugs

Amy Stewart, author of the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Plants and Flower Confidential, is back with her newest book, Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Diabolical Insects. …

November 15, 2010

Wicked Trailer Amy Stewart, Wicked Bugs

We bring you this important news bulletin about Amy Stewart’s Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army & other Diabolical Insects (May 2011). Amy Stewart is also the author of the …

November 10, 2010

Booksellers Rock! Tom Campbell, The Regulator Bookshop

Over half of our Chapel Hill office lives in Durham, which is (undeniably) the coolest town in the Triangle. We–the 50% plus of us, that is–are not-so-secretly trying to move our office …